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Stephen Collins thanks castmates and fans for support following scandal

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WENN.com
Feb 01, 2015

Embattled actor Stephen Collins has thanked fans and his 7Th Heaven castmates for their support through his child molestation scandal. The star has been embroiled in the drama since October (14), when audio footage, in which he confessed to inappropriately touching young girls, surfaced online.
The footage was secretly recorded by his now ex-wife Faye Grant during a therapy session, but she denies leaking the tapes.
Collins later admitted to having inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors between 1973 and 1994.
7th Heaven was briefly pulled from being aired in the U.S. following Collins' scandal and he has voiced his joy at its return to American screens as he feels fans deserve to see the series.
He tells TMZ.com, "If I'm lucky enough to be asked to (comeback as an actor) I'd love that. I'm delighted (7th Heaven has been put back on air) because there's so many people who love the show and you know it took a while for my story to unfold and be understood so I'm so glad that they're providing it for people.
"I still get messages every day from people saying how much the show means to them and so I'm glad they're not being deprived of it because of something that happened to me. (My castmates') support has been amazing, it really sustained me through the whole time. I feel very fortunate in that way."

Disgraced actor Stephen Collins and his estranged wife Faye Grant have reached a divorce settlement. The couple agreed on the terms of their split earlier this week (beg19Jan15) - they will divide the money they get for selling their California homes but there will be no spousal support for either of them.
Grant filed for divorce in 2012 after 27 years of marriage, but they have taken a while to agree on a settlement as Collins previously requested she be denied future funds because he has been left with little income following his child molestation scandal, which began in October (14), when audio footage, in which he confesses to inappropriately touching young girls, surfaced online.
The footage was secretly recorded by Grant during a therapy session, but she denies leaking the tapes.
Collins later admitted to having inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors between 1973 and 1994.
The settlement papers state that copies of the tape must be destroyed and the original will be handed over to an independent lawyer.

Disgraced actor Stephen Collins came face-to-face with his estranged wife Faye Grant on Wednesday (14Jan15) as a Los Angeles judge set a February (15) start date for their divorce trial. The court proceedings were postponed in November (14), when Grant's motion for a delay was approved to allow her attorney to resign from the case due to a conflict.
The two parties returned to a Los Angeles court on Wednesday, when the judge overseeing the dispute set the trial date for 9 February (15).
The judge also ordered Collins and Grant to meet next week (begs19Jan15) for a settlement conference to see if they can work out their issues before heading to trial, reports TMZ.com.
One of the main issues of contention is spousal support payments for Grant - Collins previously requested she be denied future funds because he has been left with no income following his child molestation scandal, which began in October (14), when audio footage, in which he confesses to inappropriately touching young girls, surfaced online.
The former 7th Heaven star, 67, insisted the tapes, which were secretly recorded by Grant during a therapy session in 2012, were leaked by her. Collins has since admitted he did have inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors between 1973 and 1994.
Grant, who filed for divorce in 2012 after 27 years of marriage, is also seeking to have her share of assets protected by law in the event her ex is sued by his victims.

U.S. talk show host Rosie O'Donnell has written a blog post slamming her former friend Stephen Collins after he admitted sexually abusing young girls.
The former 7th Heaven star confessed to inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors between 1973 and 1994 last week, a month after a recording leaked online of him talking about the incidents in a therapy session.
When the allegations surfaced, O'Donnell admitted she was "shocked and heartbroken" over the claims about her friend of 17 years.
Collins admitted to the allegations in a lengthy magazine statement, followed by a televised interview with U.S. newswoman Katie Couric, and in a new blog post, O'Donnell has blasted him over the admission.
She writes, "U (You) are not equals/she was an innocent child/a baby girl/u (you) have a daughter for gods sake (sic)/were u able to resist the urge to touch her ?/ how noble... congrats (congratulations)."
O'Donnell, who was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, then explains to Collins how his actions could affect others: "In case u (you) wonder... (what) ur (your) abuse of power/ur (your) lack of impulse control did to that kid... like many survivors of childhood sexual abuse... I became obese... I have struggled with severe depression... I have anxiety disorders... shame confines me...
"I bet stephen/there is a 52 year old woman - like me/sitting in her house/still frightened/her perspective skewed by u (you)/ur (your) casual lack of accountability/for her and for me/has wounded us/once again."
She also brands him a pedophile although Collins is adamant he does not have a sexual attraction to children.

Embattled actor Stephen Collins fears his past sexual misconduct with underage girls stemmed from his own childhood trauma with an older woman. During his first official TV interview since the scandal broke earlier this year (14), the 7th Heaven star told U.S. newswoman Katie Couric his early sex encounters may have helped him justify his actions with girls as young as 10.
In the news special, which aired as part of 20/20 on Friday night (19Dec14), Collins said, "I did have someone in my life when I was between the ages of about 10 and 15, an older woman, who repeatedly exposed herself to me, and I think that distorted my perception in such a way that some part of me thought... I got the equation of, 'Well, this isn’t so terrible. This person who I trust is doing it'.
"There was a power that she had over me that was intense... It’s also about a very distorted form of approval."
The 67 year old has admitted to behaving inappropriately with children between 1973 and 1994, but told Couric he never sought sexual gratification from his victims and is not attracted to young girls.
He revealed, "In 1973 there were two occasions when I exposed myself to this young woman and several months later she came to visit and stay with my first wife and me. My wife had gone to sleep and she and I were watching TV alone together and I took her hand and moved it in such a way that she was touching me inappropriately. Neither of us moved.
"I knew immediately at that moment, I knew that something unthinkably wrong had just happened that I couldn’t take back and I think we both just sat there. We really didn’t move a muscle and after about 45 seconds I took her hand and moved it back.
"I waited a couple minutes because I didn't know what to do or say and then I got up and left the room and I never had any physical contact with her of any inappropriate kind after that. That was the only physical contact I have ever actually had with any minor."
Collins' inappropriate actions came to light earlier this year (14) when audio from a therapy session the actor attended with his wife leaked online.
In his TV chat with Couric, he also confessed to exposing himself on two occasions to a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old girl, adding, "I did not know either of them really well but they were not strangers."
And he told the newswoman he has not engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour post-1994, two years before he was cast as TV preacher Reverend Eric Camden in 7th Heaven.

Embattled actor Stephen Collins has insisted he does not fit the "clinical or dictionary definition" of a pedophile following his shock sex abuse confession this week (beg15Dec14).
The former 7th Heaven star hit headlines on Wednesday (17Dec14) when he released a statement confirming a slew of allegations against him are true.
He admitted he had inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors between 1973 and 1994, and has now explained himself in a TV interview with U.S. host Katie Couric.
When Couric asks Collins, 67, whether he is a pedophile, the actor replies, "I do not fit either the clinical or dictionary definition of it... A pedophile is someone who is mainly or wholly attracted to children. I'm not. I had a distortion in my thinking... where I acted out in those ways. But I am absolutely not physically or sexually attracted to children. I'm just not... I remember talking to this (sic) to a therapist and them saying that someone with that attraction would have acted many more times...
"(My actions) were terrible and I regret them deeply but I... don't look at young women that way. I don't and I never did. That might sound incongruous with those actions but those actions had more to do with the distortion in my thinking and a need for attention. It was not a desire to (have) sexual contact with them... That moment in '73 when the physical contact took place, it was the end... It was the opposite of excitement or gratification."

Troubled actor Stephen Collins has confessed the molestation claims against him are true. The former 7th Heaven star hit headlines in October (14) when audio footage, in which he apparently confesses to inappropriately touching young girls, surfaced online. The recording was made without his knowledge by his estranged wife Faye Grant during a therapy session in 2012.
Collins remained silent on the allegations but has now confessed to People magazine in a lengthy essay that he had inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors between 1973 and 1994.
He writes, "Forty years ago, I did something terribly wrong that I deeply regret. I have been working to atone for it ever since. I've decided to address these issues publicly because two months ago, various news organizations published a recording made by my then-wife, Faye Grant, during a confidential marriage therapy session in January, 2012. This session was recorded without the therapist's or my knowledge or consent.
"On the recording, I described events that took place 20, 32, and 40 years ago... The publication of the recording has resulted in assumptions and innuendos about what I did that go far beyond what actually occurred. As difficult as this is, I want people to know the truth."
Collins confessed that he exposed himself twice to a female minor in 1973, when he was aged 25, and there was a third encounter with the same girl at his home.
He explains, "It was a completely impulsive act, and it's haunted me ever since to think of what I put her through."
He adds he has only apologised to one of his victims, writing, "I did have an opportunity to do so with one of the women, 15 years later. I apologised and she was extraordinarily gracious... But after I learned in the course of my treatment that my being direct about such matters could actually make things worse for them by opening old wounds, I have not approached the other two women, one of whom is now in her 50s and the other in her 30s."
The full statement will be published in People magazine on Friday (19Dec14). On the same day, Collins will be interviewed by U.S. news anchor Katie Couric and it will be streamed on Yahoo.com.
The 67 year old is currently locked in a divorce battle with Grant.

Celebrity lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan is facing a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) following an arrest on Friday night (21Nov14). The legal eagle, who is currently representing embattled actor Stephen Collins in his divorce case, was taken into custody after failing a field sobriety test following a traffic stop in West Hollywood.
Kaplan was booked on the charge and subsequently released, according to TMZ.com.
His other famous clients have included rapper Nas and Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline, who he represented during their divorce, which was finalised in 2007.

A Los Angeles judge has granted a request from embattled actor Stephen Collins' estranged wife to delay the estranged couple's divorce trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon granted a motion filed by Faye Grant's attorney to resign from the case because of a conflict, according to the New York Post, and the trial, which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday (12Nov14), has now been put back.
Collins and Grant were due in court to determine spousal support payments and how to divide their assets.
On Friday (07Nov14), Collins asked a Los Angeles judge to deny Grant any future spousal support payments, because he has been left with no income following a child molestation scandal, which began last month (Oct14), when audio footage, in which he allegedly confesses to inappropriately touching young girls, surfaced online.
The 7th Heaven star insists the tapes, which were secretly recorded by Grant at a therapy session in 2012, were leaked by her.
Collins also placed two of his California homes he shared with Grant up for sale in October (14).

Embattled actor Stephen Collins has asked a Los Angeles judge to deny his estranged wife any future spousal support payments, because he has been left with no income following his child molestation scandal. The troubled star hit headlines last month (Oct14) after audio footage, in which he allegedly confesses to inappropriately touching young girls, surfaced online.
The recording was reportedly made without his knowledge by his wife Faye Grant during a therapy session in 2012, and now Collins has blamed the leak on cutting off his stream of income from syndicated re-runs of his 7th Heaven TV series.
The controversy also cost Collins a recurring role on Kerry Washington's political drama Scandal and the sequel to Mark Wahlberg's Ted 2.
His lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, filed new documents in his divorce proceedings on Friday (07Nov14), requesting a stop to the $13,000 (£8,125)-a-month he had previously agreed to pay Grant, as he can no longer land any work, reports TMZ.com.
In the brief, Kaplan writes, "Spousal support should be zero, as a result of the unlawful recording that was disseminated to the media."
Grant has denied allegations suggesting she leaked the damning audio to the press.
The former couple will head to trial on Wednesday (12Nov14) to determine the division of assets accumulated during their marriage.
The pair wed in 1985 and Grant filed for divorce in 2012.
Police in Los Angeles and New York are still investigating the molestation allegations.